Thursday, June 18, 2015

THE GILED CAGE Promo & Giveaway with Lauren Smith

THE GILED
CAGE by Lauren Smith is a dark and erotic story about a solitary bullrider who finds out he is the heir to a vast fortune and a
family he never knew he had. Readers will be enthralled with the second
installment in the Surrender series which is told in the vein of BARED TO YOU by
Sylvia Day and SECRETS EXPOSED by Lisa Renee Jones.

Praise
for the Surrender series:

"The
Gilded Cuff is a dark, sensual tale that teases and tantalizes the senses.
It's all about anticipation, seduction, and surrender. You will be every bit as
enthralled with the story as Sophie is with Emery." - Give Me Books Blog

"From the very first page I was lost to the suspense, romance, thrills and
chills of this intriguing story. In fact, I was so engrossed in the dramatic
plot that I stayed up all night to finish the story. There was no way that I
would be able to sleep without knowing how everything played out." - Sizzling Hot Books.com

"If you love a great mystery with a giant dose of steam and a beautiful
love story, you will swoon over this novel!" - The Reading Cafe

Follow the
tour from June 9th – 26th! One grand prize winner will
receive a $25 gift card for Amazon or B&N and two runner-ups will receive a
signed, print copy of THE GILDED CUFF, book 1 in the Surrender series!

Title:
The Gilded Cage

Author:
Lauren Smith

Series:
Surrender

Genre:
Contemporary Romance

Release
Date: June 9, 2015

Publisher:
Hachette Book Group USA

Print Length:
110K

Format:
Paperback and Digital

Print ISBN:978-1-4555-3277-3

Digital ISBN:
978-1-4555-3278-0

Synopsis:

Passion that takes no
prisoners, and love that tests the limits of ecstasy . . .

Fenn Lockwood comes alive in the
shadows. Though he might have physically survived the kidnapping that stole his
childhood, the trauma and pain he lived through have marked him forever. Now
the only place where Fenn can be himself is within the walls of his private
BDSM world—a place of erotic obsession, where desire isn’t just captured . . .
it’s bound.

Hayden Thorne knows that behind
Fenn’s hardened exterior is a man worth fighting for. Yet to save him from the
past that still haunts him, Hayden will have to abandon every inhibition she’s
ever had and venture into Fenn’s intoxicatingly sensual world. Each tantalizing
second she spends in Fenn’s searing embrace is more delicious than the last and
soon Hayden begins to think that she may never want to leave such torturous
bliss…

Hayden
Thorne’s heart was still pounding a little hard, her breath a little shallow,
and her palms still hurt from scratches she’d received when she’d climbed over
the rail to avoid death. Had she really jumped into an arena to challenge an
angry bull? A little half-hysterical giggle escaped her as she collapsed onto
the small twin bed in her cheap motel room in Walnut Springs, tugging her red
dress down her thighs. Her hands still shook from the adrenaline.

Yeah,
she had actually done it.

She’d
saved Fenn Lockwood’s life. The missing boy in the pair of twins kidnapped at
age eight, twenty –five years ago. Emery, the younger of the twins, had
miraculously escaped, but never spoke of what might have befallen his brother
Fenn. The world had assumed his silence meant Fenn was dead. How wrong they’d
all been. He’d been here in Colorado all along, living as a rancher. He was
alive. A fact that still shocked her and filled her with a sense of wonder and
excitement. Bringing Fenn home could do so much—for him, for his family, for
his brother. Fenn’s loss had devastated so many people, including her brother,
Wes, who was Fenn and Emery’s childhood friend.

She
reached down and tugged off her Jimmy Choo pumps. The black leather was badly
scuffed. She’d have to get another pair soon. They were probably ruined by the
crowd during the panic following the accident when the stupid bull had thrown
Fenn like a sack of potatoes. Why couldn’t he just play polo like his twin? Why
did he have to be a bull rider?

She let
the shoes drop to the floor. She still couldn’t relax. She was too keyed up for
anything else. What she wanted to do was find Fenn and tell him everything. She
had tried to find him after she’d gotten out of the arena with the help of a
couple of riders. They had enjoyed leering at her chest before she’d gone to
find her heels. They’d even trailed after her, making all sorts of comments
that would have made her blush if she hadn’t had other things on her mind.

Once
she’d found her shoes, she’d asked around again for where Fenn had gone after
he’d left the arena, and she’d been pointed toward the medical tent. By that
point, it had been empty except for a polite middle-aged doctor who was busy
packing up his supplies. A couple of giggles, a smile, and she’d earned decent
directions to a place called The Broken Spur, a place where Fenn worked.

She
slid her hand into the tiny, almost hidden pocket of her dress and touched the
slip of paper she’d scribbled the directions to Fenn’s ranch on. Fenn’s
residence at the ranch was not something she had shared with her older brother
Wes. He could try to bully her into going home all he liked, or into staying
out of the way, but she didn’t care. This was her mission and she wasn’t going
to give up without a fight. She wanted everyone back home to take her
seriously.

Being a daughter of one of the
richest families on Long Island’s Gold Coast was not the perfect dream most
people might think it would be. She was a bargaining tool, a pawn for her
parents to gain political power and influence. She was marriage material,
nothing more. She wanted to shake her parents up, get them to open their eyes
and see that she wasn’t just a frilly dressed ninny, but a woman who could
actually change the world. Bringing home the long-lost golden boy might just
change their minds about her, and doing so would also make sure the people she
cared about were finally safe. It wouldn’t be easy, either. Someone wanted to
kill Fenn Lockwood and she would not only bring him home but save his life.
Just like she’d done tonight—even though tonight she had not expected Fenn’s
potential killer to be a damn bull.

Amazon Best-Selling
Author Lauren Smith is an attorney by day, author by night, who pens
adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smart phone flashlight
app. She’s a native Oklahoman who lives with her three pets: a feisty
chinchilla, sophisticated cat and dapper little schnauzer. She’s won multiple
awards in several romance subgenres including being an Amazon.com Breakthrough
Novel Award Quarter-Finalist and a Semi-Finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley Award.